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Akshay Kumar open to do sex comedy

Akshay Kumar has long established himself as the master of
the action-comedy genre in Bollywood. Armed with martial arts training, Akshay
first arrived on the scene in Bollywood as an action hero. But later on in his
career he very successfully transitioned into comedy with films like ‘Hera
Pheri’. At this moment he is one of the busiest stars in the Bollywood
industry.

Now he is working on no less than six projects, ‘Holiday’,
‘Its Entertainment’, ‘Gabbar’, ‘Warrior’, ‘Singh is Bling’ and ‘Baby’. The
genre of the upcoming films range from action to romantic but Akshay seems to
want even more variety. The actor has recently stated that he is willing to do
a sex-comedy if the script is good enough. But isn’t he worried about the fact
that in Bollywood, sex comedies are generally looked down upon as cheap
thrills. The 46 year actor has clearly stated to the media his view in this
regard, “If I get a good script, I will also do it. At the end of the day, it’s
just a film. It’s just a character that you are following. You do not become a
sex maniac or anything as such. Take a film as a film let it be reel not
real.”

The actor is pragmatic about choosing roles and also had a
few things to say to the audiences, “Nobody is forcing you to watch such films.
‘Grand Masti’ did well at the box office, but if you don’t like it then don’t
watch it.” He also added that the actors
acting is such movies should be confident and convinced about themselves, “if
it’s a sex comedy don’t feel shy what the audience will think and all! If you
are making such a film, trust yourself and go with your conviction rather than
thinking about you will lose few audiences with this film.”

Sex comedy as a genre is very popular in Hollywood. Films
like the ‘American Pie’ series and ‘Sex and city’, are very popular around the
world and has done really well at the box office. In Bollywood there are some instances like
‘Kyaa Kool Hain Hum’ and the recent ‘Grand Masti’ which despite being panned
critically, have done well at the box office. But there is still some way to go
for the industry before it accepts the genre with a more open mind. Akshay
Kumar on the other hand is one of very few top stars who have some familiarity
with the genre because of his work in the film ‘Garam Masala’.